 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 324 pages
...rise, and a man distinguished for professional talent, for lively wit, and for literary acquirements. Dr. Rutherford was twice married. His first wife,...during the middle ages, and which, for antiquity and honorable alliances, may rank with any in Britain. My grandfather's second wife was Miss Mackay, by... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 610 pages
...lively wit, and for literary acquirements. Dr. Rutherford was twice married. His first wife, of •vhom my mother is the sole surviving child, was a daughter...honourable alliances, may rank with any in Britain. My grandfather's second wife was Miss Mackay, by whom he had a second family, of whom are now (1808)... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 504 pages
...mother of our author, at the time when he recorded the fact, was the only surviving child) was the daughter of Sir John Swinton of Swinton, "a family...honourable alliances may rank with any in Britain." This is the language used by the famous issue himself — and illustrates his partiality for the claim of gentle... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 422 pages
...rise, and a man distinguished for professional talent, for lively wit, and for literary acquirements. Dr Rutherford was twice married. His first wife, of...honourable alliances, may rank with any in Britain. My grandfather's second wife was Miss Mackay, by whom he had a second family, of whom are now (1808)... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 426 pages
...rise, and a man distinguished for professional talent, for lively wit, and for literary acquirements. Dr Rutherford was twice married. His first wife, of...honourable alliances, may rank with any in Britain. My grandfather's second wife was Miss Mackay, by whom he had a second family, of whom are now (1808)... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 pages
...rise, and a man distinguished for professional talent, for lively wit, and for literary acquirements. Dr. Rutherford was twice married. His first wife, of whom my mother is the sole surviving <iii J, was a daughter of Sir John Swinton of Swinlon, a family which produced many distinguished warriors... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 428 pages
...rise, and a man distinguished for professional talent, for lively wit, and for literary acquirements. Dr Rutherford was twice married. His first wife, of...honourable alliances, may rank with any in Britain. My grandfather's second wife was Miss Mackay, by whom he had a second family, of whom are now (1808)... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1853 - 906 pages
...rise, and a man distinguished for professional talent, for lively wit, and for literary acquirements. Dr Rutherford was twice married. His first wife, of...honourable alliances, may rank with any in Britain. My grandfather's second wife was Miss Mackny, by whom he had a second family, of whom are now (1808)... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 424 pages
...rise, and a man distinguished for professional talent, for lively wit, and for literary acquirements. Dr Rutherford was twice married. His first wife, of...honourable alliances, may rank with any in Britain. My grandfather's second wife was Miss Mackay, by whom he had a second family, of whom are now (1808)... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1894 - 158 pages
...rise, and a man distinguished for professional talent, for lively wit, and for literary acquirements. Dr Rutherford was twice married. His first wife, of...surviving child, was a daughter of Sir John Swinton of * Mrs Cockburn (born Miss Rutherford of Fairnilee) was the authoress of the beautiful song — ' I... | |
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His first wife, of whom my mother is the sole surviving child, was a daughter of Sir John Swinton of Swinton, a family which produced many distinguished warriors during the middle ages, and which, for antiquity and honourable alliances, may rank with... 
